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"El-ahrairah is a trickster, and rabbits will always need tricks."

Buckthorn is a rabbit who came to the Watership Down Warren from the Sandleford Warren. He is a strong rabbit who was going to join the Sandleford Owsla, when he reached full weight.

Personality[]

He is described as a tough, sturdy rabbit with a sensible, quiet and easygoing nature. Like Silver, he is steadfast and dependable in a crisis.

Biography[]

Watership Down[]

He was injured by a rat while the group was resting in a barn following the ordeal in the Warren of Snares.

Buckthorn, along with Holly, Strawberry, and Silver, went to Efrafa to ask if they could have a few does join their warren; he came back injured from a blow across the face.

Following the Battle of Watership Down, he later joined the Watership Down Owsla.

Tales from Watership Down[]

To be written

Trivia[]

  • Along with Acorn and Speedwell, Buckthorn has not appeared in any of the film/show adaptations of Watership Down. Buckthorn finally appears in The Graphic Novel.
  • Buckthorn is the most mentioned rabbit in the book who has only appeared in the book, at around 59 mentions. The second is Speedwell (54). The third is Groundsel who is mentioned 47 times near the end of the book. The fourth is Acorn (39) and the fifth is Nelthilta (19).

Gallery[]

Rabbits
Cross-media
Sandleford Warren
BigwigBlackberryBluebellCaptain HollyDandelionFiverHawkbitHazelPipkinPimpernelSilverThrearahToadflax

Nuthanger Farm
BoxwoodCloverHaystackLaurel
Cowslip's Warren
CowslipKingcupLaburnumSilverweedStrawberry
Efrafa
BlackavarCaptain CampionCaptain ChervilCaptain OrchisGeneral WoundwortHyzenthlayRagwortSainfoinThethuthinnangThistleVervainVilthuril
Folklore
Black Rabbit of InléEl-ahrairahHufsaRabscuttle

Books only
Introduced in Watership Down
AcornAshAvensBartsiaBetonyBuckthornButterburCaptain BuglossCaptain MallowCharlockColtsfootFlescaGroundselMarjoramMoneywortNelthiltaNightshadeNildro-hainNose-in-the-AirPine NeedlesScabiousSnowdropSpeedwellThrayonlosaThrearThunder

Introduced in Tales from Watership Down
BurdockCelandineCrowfootCrowlaFescueFlyairthFoxgloveHeartseaseKing Fur-RociousKnapweedLemistaLoosestrifeMelsaMianMilmownNyreemPeertonPrakeQuiensRithlaSandwortStitchwortStonecropThrennionTindraWoodruff

AspenBlueskyButtercupCaptain BroomFelsparFlaxGentianGiliaGorseGraniteHeatherHickoryLarchMallowMarigoldMossPrimroseRaincloudRedShaleSnowdropSpartinaSpeaker of the Past
Film/Miniseries only
Dewdrop (Miniseries) • Nettle (Miniseries) • Violet (film)
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